The Madras High Court while dismissing a plea against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech delivered during the inauguration of the Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya, stated that they have gone through the entire speech of the Prime Minister and it "does not amount to political propaganda".

The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy in an order passed on February 10, 2022 that read, "We have gone through the entire speech of PM which is on record and find that it is relevant to the occasion. The speech makes a reference of the holy monasteries, four Dhams and 12 Jyothirlingas established by Shri Adi Shankaracharya." "Thereafter, a reference was made to the efforts put in by the Government of Uttarakhand to control COVID-19. The same, by no stretch of imagination, can be said to be for promoting any political activity", the court noted.